Trouble with two versions of windows

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i have recently installed two different versions of
windows on two separate hard drives and when i formatted
one drive i was still given the option of which OS to
boot with. i even formatted the second drive and only
installed windows xp on one drive and nothing on the
other and i am still given the option. it's not a
serious problem, but if anyone can help...
 
Go to Start > Run and type: MSCONFIG , and hit enter.
Click on the BOOT.INI tab and then click on "Check All Boot Paths"
to delete incorrect boot paths.

If the above does not work for you, then:

Right-click MY COMPUTER and select:

Properties > Advanced > Startup and Recovery Settings > Edit

CAREFULLY edit your boot.ini file to remove the SECOND entry.
Your boot.ini file should then look similar to this:

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(1)partition(1)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition" /fastdetect


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Nicholas

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| i have recently installed two different versions of
| windows on two separate hard drives and when i formatted
| one drive i was still given the option of which OS to
| boot with. i even formatted the second drive and only
| installed windows xp on one drive and nothing on the
| other and i am still given the option. it's not a
| serious problem, but if anyone can help...
|
 
why would anybody install 2 different windows on 2 hard
drives....????? why why why
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why said:
why would anybody install 2 different windows on 2 hard
drives....????? why why why
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I have 3 versions of Windows currently installed on my computer -
98SE, Me, and XP Pro.

I have a couple of things that I like to use fairly often which will
not work under XP so I need to be able to reboot into Me or 98SE to
run these items when needed. I also support customers and people on
the newsgroups who are using Windows 98 or Windows Me and therefore
need to be able to run these versions on occasion to check out a
specific situation or problem.

And whenever I beta test a new software product I will normally create
another hard drive partition and install an appropriate version of
Windows plus the beta software in that partition so I can test it
without risking my "production" system.


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
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Microsoft MVP
On-Line Help Computer Service
http://onlinehelp.bc.ca

"The reason computer chips are so small is computers don't eat much."
 
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